Everyone has his day, and some days last longer than others. ~ Winston Churchill I missed a wfh post last week. Between the summer heat and my allergies, my creative juices weren't quite up to par last week. The past two weeks, I've bought another tank of gas and had an oil change. In 2019,…Read more Working from Home: Week 21 and 22
Food & Cooking
From Russia with Love
Bond: “Miss Anders! I didn’t recognize you with your clothes on." The Man with a Golden Gun Part of our Friday Sunflower Celebration included a movie and pizza. The next Bond movie is From Russia with Love. The hardest part of watching this fun Friday night flick, was seeing the actor Robert Shaw play a…Read more From Russia with Love
Dr. No
"Bond. James Bond." ~ Dr. No After watching Hong Kong action movies for several weeks, moving to the Bond films seemed like the natural next step. Dr. No is the first of 24 Bond movies with number 25, No Time to Die, expected in November of this year. This movie has some very iconic moments…Read more Dr. No
Four Skeins Full
In the rhythm of the needles, there is music for the soul. June seemed to drag on and on forever, and now July is flying by. Or that's how it feels. I think it's due to the lack of knitting time I've had lately. I always think I can knit faster than I really can.…Read more Four Skeins Full
Friday Night I and Friday Night II
Some people can't believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first. ~ Good Will Hunting With the holiday weekend in the States last week, the British Hubby and I had a chance to have two Friday night movie nights. What we ended up watching didn't really have an over all theme or connection.…Read more Friday Night I and Friday Night II
Social Distancing with Jaws
Mayor Vaughn: “Amity as you know, means friendship.” ~ Jaws Growing up, the British Hubby never celebrated July 4. Why would he? This is not an important day in UK history. As we became a couple and merged our lives together, it was important we create our own reasons to celebrate holidays from both our…Read more Social Distancing with Jaws
Book Challenge: Read and Buried
The only limits we have for tomorrow are the doubts we have today. ~ Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six Do you remember when the public library was open for business in person? Now imagine your public library is in a working lighthouse, and while doing renovations they discovered an old buried metal box. Is it…Read more Book Challenge: Read and Buried
The Inaugural Meal
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. ~ Maya Angelo The past two weeks have been a bit hectic. The introvert and hermit crab have enjoyed some aspects of sheltering in place such as working from home and having more knitting time. Other aspects like scheduling appliance deliveries has become…Read more The Inaugural Meal
June’s MM20 Progress
We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough. ~ Helen Keller It's been awhile since I've done a Malabrigo March update. I've made slow, but steady progress and knit a few other items along the way. I like to knit gifts, and while I do keep a decent…Read more June’s MM20 Progress
Friday Night Double Feature
"There's no place like home." ~ The Wizard of Oz After Clint Eastwood movies we started watching Hong Kong Action movies. These are fantastic, but a bit violent. The shoot outs and combat is much more theatrical, but there is so much collateral damage. In the current world climate, it's hard to watch so many…Read more Friday Night Double Feature
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